The bizarre case first came to light when a man was arrested on Monday in Taba, a small Egyptian town touching the southern edges of both Jordan and Israel.

The charges were 'espionage' and police began investigating. However, the plot thickened when, on Wednesday, Egyptian authorities named the man in their care as none other than Andrew Pshenichnikov.

There is no doubt that Pshenichnikov has links to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as his service there was mandatory but many around the region are questioning whether this left-wing anti-patriot can really be an agent of Mossad.